Chapter 7: My Promise with My Mother
"Zhang Bajiu, think about what you should do now, think about your promise to your father, you are not small, do you really regret it when you are so old with me?"
Zhang Feng didn't want to mention this matter in her heart, she didn't want it to become a burden for her children. For so many years, she has never mentioned this matter in front of her children, but today for the sake of the child's future future, she can only use this incident to wake up her son.
This may be the common method used by Chinese parents, using the so-called righteousness as a rope to gradually let their children love learning and be obsessed with learning, but the reality is what the children think, but parents always ignore it.
Zhang Bajiu was lying on the bed, feeling very aggrieved and had nowhere to tell, so he told Dong Lingling about his mother's attitude and said that he couldn't do it and couldn't do it, he was worried that once he said it, he would end up with nothing. When I heard what my mother said, a broken picture came to my mind, and although it was only a few words in my memory, it still hit his heart again and again.
When Zhang Bajiu was in junior high school, their family was still very poor, at that time Zhang Bajiu was in the second year of junior high school, but he was a famous bastard in the county No. 2 Middle School, he relied on his good grades in the comprehensive subject, so he mixed with the bastards outside the school all day long, the young billiards hall, KTV, bars These places can be regarded as frequent visitors, and they always cause trouble, either smashing the glass in the school today, or scribbling other people's cars outside the school, and even making an appointment with students from other schools a few times! made the family either lose money and sell smiling faces, or on the way to lose money, which made the family even worse. Zhang Feng educates children every time, but Zhang Bajiu just doesn't listen and goes alone. Every time Daniel Zhang saw the unsuccessful child, he fought even more, but Zhang Bajiu, who was already in the rebellious period, intensified and did not listen to Daniel Zhang at all.
I only remember that it was raining heavily, lightning and thunder, and I saw the heavy rain pouring down like beads with broken threads in the mountain col on the original side. Lightning slashed from one side of the sky to the other, followed by muffled thunder. And the drains on the road are already overgrown with water. The location of the manhole cover is not visible at all. More precisely, it is not possible to determine where the manhole cover went. But at this time, Zhang Bajiu actually wanted to go to the billiards hall with those bastards, and was about to rush out with his father's motorcycle key. Daniel Zhang was originally resting at home this day, working three extra days at the construction site, and his body could no longer support it, but when he heard that his son was going to the billiard hall on this rainy day, he didn't have time to think about it, put on a raincoat, and chased him out in slippers. At this time, Zhang Bajiu had already ridden a motorcycle and walked out of the community with his "friends". When Daniel Zhang came downstairs, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the stagnant water had reached the calf, and Daniel Zhang was even more worried about such a dangerous weather. I borrowed a bicycle from a neighbor on the first floor and chased it out. He didn't know which billiards hall Zhang Bajiu would go to, so he could only look for it one by one. At this time, Zhang Bajiu had already arrived at a KTV in the east of the city, and many stores had been closed due to thunderstorms, so they could only find a nearby place, and a few people exchanged a few words and went to play.
Daniel Zhang searched many places in a row, but he never saw his son, and even if he was wearing a raincoat in the current weather, the clothes inside were already soaked. Daniel Zhang's head was permeated with some "sweat beads", the bicycle was already difficult to move in this deep water, Daniel Zhang already felt some difficulty, and then got off the bicycle and pushed the bicycle forward. At this time, Zhang Bajiu was singing loudly with his friends in KTV, and he didn't pay attention to how heavy the rain was outside, and he didn't know that his father was struggling to find him in the heavy rain at this time. With such heavy rain, he didn't expect his father to come out to look for him. Perhaps he never thought of the power of fatherly love.
There are thunderstorms outside, and there is a downward winding lane in the northeast of the county, which is a place that has been used for large trucks to pass through a long time ago, but if you go forward, you must pass here, and the county government will build the road after the same rainy season, so this road is rarely passed, and the drainage system is also blocked by stones and bricks on the truck. The water here has risen to waist-high level, but the turbid water cannot see the depth of the water in front of it, and there are no warning signs on either side of the road. Daniel Zhang thought about it, couldn't care about anything else, and walked into the car hole little by little.
Daniel Zhang walked forward little by little, and the water soon ended his thighs, and because he was wearing slippers, he could clearly feel the feeling of the stones on the soles of his feet scratching his skin under the washing of the water. By this time he had gone into a third of the cave, and heard that the rain had become much lighter, and that the water had reached his waist, and that he was about to go back when he realized the danger now, and thought to himself that the rain would stop anyway, and that he would teach the little rabbit a good lesson when he had heard it. I was about to lift my foot and walk back, but my other foot happened to step on something, and I felt that there was no point of force under my feet, and I fell into it all of a sudden.
Daniel Zhang stepped on the manhole cover at that time, and the water washed the bricks that pressed the manhole cover and scattered it everywhere, and the manhole cover had long been loose, and there was only one stress point at this time. How can it be calmed down.
When Zhang Bajiu went home, his mother sat in the room without making a sound, and the room was silent and could only hear the ticking sound of the clock, Zhang Feng grabbed Zhang Bajiu and went to the hospital, Zhang Bajiu didn't react at first, he didn't realize how much trouble he had caused.
When Zhang Bajiu saw his father again, he was already in the morgue, a cold and lifeless place. Before Zhang Bajiu could react, he was pushed by Zhang Feng and came to the corridor!
"You pay back my husband, what's wrong with him, why did he let him be punished for you, why wasn't you lying there, you spoke! Speak! Zhang Feng couldn't hold back his emotions anymore, and collapsed and collapsed in the corridor. She can't change anything now, a woman, and now the burden of the whole family is on her.
Zhang Bajiu couldn't believe that this was true, the stubbornness on his face before couldn't appear anymore, and he didn't seem to have any strength on his body, so he stumbled into the morgue.
Lying beside Daniel Zhang, Zhang Bajiu looked at the familiar face, and couldn't say a word. He didn't even know how to face the person in front of him, although he knew that this person would never scold him again, and he would never even say a word to him in his life, how many times did he fantasize about such a wish, but when it came, Zhang Bajiu never dared to believe it. He understands that it is all his own fault, it is all his own obstinate behavior, if he didn't have to go out, there would be no current situation. He lay on Daniel Zhang's hand, tears running down his cheeks and onto Daniel Zhang's arm.
When he woke up again, it was already the afternoon of the next day, Zhang Bajiu dreamed of Daniel Zhang and said to him, "The child is not to blame you, you see that if I discipline you well, you will not go out and run blindly, and blame me, always beat you, if you communicate well, it will not be like this, it is a pity, I can't watch you grow up and get ahead, I still want to see my eldest grandson, this family may depend on you in the future, your mother is not easy, be obedient!" When he woke up, although Zhang Bajiu knew that it was a dream, this dream would always be his most precious memory.
From that day on, Zhang Bajiu was like a different person, cut off contact with those fox friends and dog friends, didn't like to talk anymore, and his eyes became more and more dim, more about eating, studying, sleeping, and relying on his comprehensive foundation, his grades also improved rapidly. and the previous him. When classmates and teachers learned about their family, they never inquired or asked. This also caused Zhang Bajiu to become more and more withdrawn.
That winter, Zhang Bajiu's family received 800,000 yuan in compensation, and Zhang Feng was also arranged to work in a good company when a family was broken. With the money Daniel Zhang exchanged for his life, the life of Zhang Feng's family was also slightly better.
Zhang Bajiu recovered from his contemplation, in the face of his father's departure, he had an unshirkable responsibility, when his father left, he swore that he would never be irresponsible to himself in the future, live well, study hard, and work hard. But now I am a little shaken in the face of my feelings, but when this feeling comes, is it really irresponsible to myself to face it? He also knew what to do for a moment. As for the matter of the senior sister, since he has agreed, he will not give up no matter what, but it is irresponsible to himself to give up.
There was no sound of talking in the living room, only the sound of smashing walnuts from time to time. The mother sat silently for the child, no matter what happened to her son, he was also the meat of her heart, the closest person to her now. But she didn't want her son to give up his own good future because of a girl. At this moment, the door of Zhang Bajiu's bedroom opened, and it seemed that Zhang Bajiu had calmed down a lot. In a flat tone, he said:
"Mom, I know what you think, you're worried that I don't have anything now, and in the end I won't succeed in my studies, and I'm the one who will be delayed. Shall I make a promise to you? I don't want to take the college entrance examination Tsinghua University and Peking University, I promise to take the exam 211,985, if I can't pass the exam, I will disconnect myself from my senior sister and repeat the exam for a year. ”
Zhang Feng didn't speak, she knew that now that her son was separated, it would still have an impact on him, but no matter what, it would distract her son, and if she really didn't get in, wouldn't it be a waste of a year.
Zhang Bajiu saw that his mother had not yet spoken, and then said:
"Mom, then it depends on my score in each exam, if it is lower than 600 points, I will cut off contact directly!" He now basically scores about 550 points in every exam, and this 600 points is really not easy, after all, it is already very difficult for him to improve his score! But no matter what you do, you have to ask for your mother's consent before, which can be regarded as giving Dong Lingling a little bit of "name".
Zhang Feng saw that his son was so persistent, and he was helpless, after all, even if he didn't agree now, he wouldn't know if he would contact him behind his back in the future. Instead of guarding against it during the day and at night, it is better to go down the stairs now, and when the time comes, she also believes that her son will do what he says.
"That's what you said, and we'll see the real chapter after the exam."
After speaking, Zhang Feng smashed the walnuts one by one, no matter what she said, she still felt sorry for her son. Even at this time, she is willing to do a little bit for her son.
Zhang Bajiu saw that his mother had compromised, and he didn't entangle himself, and said flatteringly:
"Mom, I'll help you get it! Let's finish early and go to bed early, and we have to go to school tomorrow! ”
The warm yellow light shone on the two women, and everything looked so harmonious, as if the scene of the quarrel just now had never happened. Zhang Feng pinned his hopes on his son to study hard and live up to his own efforts in the past three years, but his son was full of joy and hoped to tell Dong Lingling about it, but no matter what, the purpose of these two people was achieved.
Dong Lingling didn't know why Zhang Bajiu hadn't chatted with her so late. Could it be that last night's incident has touched Auntie's scales? Or maybe Zhang Bajiu has compromised. A woman's mind is always unpredictable. She stayed awake all night, and she was very irritable when she thought of these things, but she couldn't help at all, so she fell asleep groggily.
It wasn't until 11 o'clock in the evening that Zhang Bajiu packed up his things, and Zhang Feng reminded his son to go to bed early and get up early, so he let Zhang Bajiu go back to his bedroom. When Zhang Bajiu replied to Dong Lingling's message, he did not receive a reply from Dong Lingling. Looking at the time, he also fell asleep on his side.